Country size comparison
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Texas is about 2.5 times bigger than New Zealand.
New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while Texas is approximately 678,052 sq km, making Texas 152% larger than New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.1 million people (20.1 million more people live in Texas).
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